UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Asian Games 2026

Q1. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The Asian Games were conceived as an expression of unity among Asian nations in the period following the Second World War and decolonisation.
  2. The first Asian Games were held in New Delhi because India was then the only independent nation in Asia.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q2. A Parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended that the Sports Authority of India (SAI) be examined for conversion into a statutory body with its own dedicated cadre. In this context, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A statutory body is created by an Act of Parliament, which lays down its powers and functions.
  2. Converting a body registered as a society into a statutory body requires an amendment to the Constitution.
  3. The Committee's recommendation can take effect only if the government acts on it and Parliament enacts the necessary law.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 1 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q3. Consider the following assertion: Weaknesses in the Sports Authority of India's own institutional capacity, and not only shortages of money, limit the support that reaches elite athletes. Which of the following statements, as reported by a Parliamentary Standing Committee in 2025, support/supports the above assertion?

  1. About 45% of SAI's sanctioned posts are vacant, and the gaps are being filled through contract appointments.
  2. Some of SAI's National Centres of Excellence are not operational or lack working residential facilities.
  3. Akharas and academies teaching Indigenous Games and martial arts do not receive regular financial assistance.
  • A. 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q4. With reference to the Departmentally Related Standing Committees of Parliament, such as the Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Such a committee can review the functioning of a body under its ministry, such as the Sports Authority of India, and recommend structural changes to it.
  2. When such a committee recommends that a ministry fill vacant posts within six months, the ministry is legally bound to comply within that period.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 2 only
  • C. Both 1 and 2
  • D. Neither 1 nor 2

Q5. The emblem of the 2026 Asian Games uses green to recall the host region's environmental record, including a biodiversity conference held at Nagoya. With reference to the Nagoya Protocol adopted there, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. It is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
  2. It deals with access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing, rather than with targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
  3. It gives effect to one of the Convention's own objectives, namely the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic resources.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q6. Consider the following facts: the idea and the name of the Asian Games came out of a 1947 conference of Asian countries in New Delhi; the proposal was made by G.D. Sondhi, India's member on the International Olympic Committee; and the first Games, held in New Delhi in 1951, had athletes from 11 nations. Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above?

  1. India sought a role in building ties among Asian nations in the years around the end of colonial rule.
  2. The Asian Games were conceived as a rival to the Olympic movement led by the International Olympic Committee.
  3. Every Asian nation that was independent by 1951 sent athletes to the first Asian Games.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 1 only